AltWeeklies Wire
'Big Vince' is Running His Mouthnew
Filipelli talks a big game, but insiders say it's all hot air.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Brendan McGarvey and Gabriele J. Valentine |
04-01-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Communist States Aren't the Only Ones Denying Jury Trialsnew
In Washington, juveniles have no right to one.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Onstot |
03-31-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Life on the Edgenew
When life kept kicking her in the teeth, Mary O'Connor finally bit back.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
03-31-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Campus Cops: The Brave New World of Private Forcesnew
Just as the political turbulence of the 1960s ushered in a new era of campus safety, this age of school shootings has created a new wave of security.
Dig Boston |
Cara Bayles |
03-27-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Who Baited Whom at Berkeley Rallies?new
Protesters allege brutality, but bystander says activists hectored cops while hiding behind children.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
03-27-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
New Orleans' Death Tollnew
Updated population numbers show the city's homicide rate is even worse than previously thought.
Gambit |
Ariane Wiltse |
03-25-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Head on a Skewernew
Joe Arpaio was so obsessed with getting a hard-charging New Times writer prosecuted that he badgered Andy Thomas into making a fool of himself.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
03-25-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Simple as Brown vs. Blacknew
LAPD chief denies what others see as clear cases of racial violence.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Annette Stark |
03-21-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
No Law, No Hate Crime in South Carolinanew
The circumstances of the January murder of a transgendered teen spotlight a hole in federal hate crime statutes that long-neglected state legislation may fill.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
03-19-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
If DNA Evidence Doesn't Fit in Orange County, Alter It?new
In the wake of a November 2005 OC Weekly article detailing how a 20-year-old Buena Park man faced prison for a robbery/carjacking he didn't commit, prosecutors asked the Orange County Sheriff's Department crime lab to alter key exculpatory evidence.
OC Weekly |
R. Scott Moxley |
03-18-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Life Sentencenew
In Colorado, a criminal record stays with you forever, no matter how small the crime. A new bill aims to change this.
Boulder Weekly |
Pamela White |
03-18-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Flight Connectionsnew
Shawn Green is more than an accused drug trafficker on the run.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jeffrey Anderson and Van Smith |
03-18-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
California Prosecutors Asked Crime Lab to Doctor DNA Resultsnew
In a controversial robbery case that sent an innocent 20-year-old California man to prison in 2005, prosecutors told a forensic specialist in a sheriff's crime lab to claim falsely that the man's DNA had been found at the crime scene.
OC Weekly |
R. Scott Moxley |
03-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Behind the Bars in Tennesseenew
Wilson County Sheriff Terry Ashe is at the center of human rights abuses at his facility -- but he doesn't see it that way.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
03-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Long Reach of Brian Nicholsnew
And Georgia's deepening death-penalty crisis.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Freeman |
03-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice